Tuesday, December 31, 2013

CC Designs
January previews are rolling right along and today we are showcasing the new CC Designs Valentine themed stamps. This darling girl is Love Letter Lucy and she is getting ready to send a Valentine to her sweetie in the new mailbox stamp. That mailbox and a few additional blades of grass created such a perfect background for Lucy that I didn't even pull out any patterned papers for this card. I did cut up the new CCD heart border die and use a few of the hearts as a cute accent around the sentiment. All these things together create a simple but adorable Valentine's Day card. :)

You'll love the cards that my fellow CCD teamies have made to share with you today over on the CCD blog. As always, there are chances to win the new stamps while you are there so don't miss that! Love Letter Lucyalong with the other January stamps and dies will be available for purchase at the CC Designs storeThursday, January 2nd at 9am EST.

Monday, December 30, 2013

Hello, hello!CC Designs
January previews are here and we are kicking things off with some new Valentine themed Roberto's Rascals. This little Henry is called Blowing Kisses and it sure looks like love is in the air or at least on his mind. I paired Henry up with the new Cupid's Arrow paper pad by My Mind's Eye, normally Valentine papers are pretty girly looking but these aren't too frou frou at all. And I thought trying my hand at another wonky card design would suit him as well. :)

The rest of the CCD team have more loverly preview cards to share with you over on the CCD blog today. As always, there are chances to win the new stamps while you are there so don't miss that! Blowing Kisses Henry along with the other January stamps and dies will be available for purchase at the CC Designs storeThursday, January 2nd at 9am EST.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

The big day has come and gone and I hope everyone who celebrated had a wonderful Christmas this year. Mine was great... good company, good food (probably too much food, LOL), and good times. Now I'm gearing up to pretty much do it all over again New Year's Eve. ;)

With all of the holiday hoopla going on I haven't made any cards these past few days but I remembered that I had this birthday card that hadn't been shared yet. I made this for a friend who has an early December birthday and she loves the Creeper Crew girlies from TGF. So I inked up Friday Night Creeper and did my best to make her into a mini me of my pal. The overall design is pretty CAS, but that paper had all the color and energy going on that I wanted for this birthday message so I didn't mess too much with it.

Alrighty then, CC Designs January release previews are starting up tomorrow so hopefully I'll see ya back here manana! :)

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Aw, ya gotta love some classic Perry Como Christmas music... it pretty much sums it all up doesn't it? I know tonight's a big night so I'm just popping in real quick with this card using the Hey Little Birdie digital stamp from Sugar Nellie. Now I'll leave you to your celebrating as I've got some of my own to partake in. :)

Monday, December 23, 2013

I'm going to keep this post short and sweet as I know the Christmas rush is on in my neck of the woods and I'm sure it is the same for all of you as well. So this is just a quick Christmas card using the ever adorable Happy Day Wrynn from Tiddly Inks. I'm pretty sure this stamp set is intended more for birthday cards but with the right palette of Christmas colors it wasn't hard to make Wrynn look like she is bringing an armful of gifts to a Christmas party.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

I've had this idea of altering Xmas Sweeties Ian boppin' around in my head for for a few weeks now and figured that the current Christmas Wish FFF challenge was the incentive I needed to finally give it a go. I wanted to make Ian into a real Santa so I drew him a little beard and glued it right on. As far as stamp altering goes this was a super easy one to do and I think he makes for a super cute Santa Claus. Everything else on the card came from this year's Doodlebug Christmas collection. I love, love, love those round little reindeer stickers and have been waiting for just the right card to finally use them. I should have guessed they would be with a TGF stamp because I think TGF and Doodlebug always look great together. :)

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Like it or not, we are at the final weekend before Christmas day. I hope everyone has gotten all their shopping, wrapping, and general hustle and bustle done so that you can sit back and enjoy the holiday. :)

I finally inked up this Fairy Holly stamp from Penny Black for my card today. I've had her since last year but I think all the folds and pleats in that skirt scared me off just a bit. I was finally feeling up to the challenge yesterday and tried my best to give this fairy a silky, satin looking Christmas gown. It took a bit of time but I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with the end result. I did end up altering her just a touch by snipping off the points on her wings so that they didn't look like holly leaves anymore. I thought about snipping her wings off entirely but with those fab pointy shoes I just had to keep the fairy magic alive. The papers are a mix of Making Memories and October Afternoon and as always, I pulled my Copic colors from them. What can I say, it's my thing and I like how it stretches me to come up with different Copic combos. :)

Friday, December 20, 2013

It's been a busy couple of days around here but I am excited to say that I was able to go see the new Hobbit movie yesterday. OMG, I loved it even more than the first one! Finally seeing Smaug in all his fiery glory was so freakin' cool. The only bad thing is having to wait a whole year before the third and final installation finally rolls out... le sigh... le boohoo. :)

I also got a card done yesterday using the Snowball Laugh stamp from CC Designs. I still love these little Laugh cuties and am sad that there haven't been any new ones added in awhile. But I couldn't resist inking up Snowball one more time and pairing her with these great Sweet Water papers. Sweet Water is one of the very first paper companies that I remember buying when I started scrapbooking back in '02. In fact, I'm sure I still have some of the old 8.5x11 sheets that they made in the beginning. Then they quit producing paper products a few years back and I was totally bummed so imagine my excitement when they teamed up with Bazzill recently. Happy days are here again, LOL! Anywho, it was a blast working with their fab papers again.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Ok folks, we are officially less than ten days away from Christmas... what?! As a card maker I almost don't want to admit that at the top of my to-do list today is take Christmas cards to the post office for mailing. Yes, I am hanging my head in shame... shame I tell ya! Now all I can do is hope that the postal service isn't so busy that my cards get held up and arrive even later. Oy!

In the meantime, I'm going to keep plugging away on Christmas cards. Even if they don't get used this year it is nice to have a bit of a stash to start the next year with. Today's card features the Little Trumpet stamp from Lili of the Valley and scraps from my Christmas scrap bag. The rest are just a bunch of bits and baubs that were floating around my cluttered desk. Because I was using only things that were close at hand this card actually came together pretty quickly, which is always a good thing.

Monday, December 16, 2013

After a nice round of holiday visiting yesterday I'm ready to get a new week started. I'm especially excited because I'll be going to see the new Hobbit movie on one of my days off... I can't wait! :)

So I snagged this cute snowman stamp from MFT last week along with this sheet of paper by Echo Park and I think they are a match made in stamping heaven. Growing up with birch trees in the yard has left me with a nostalgic soft spot for anything with a birch print pattern on it. As for this Happy Heart Snowman, I wanted to try creating the look of a knit pillow with that heart he is holding. It didn't turn out as great as I had hoped it would but it did give me an idea of what I need to do the next time I try this technique. Even after all this time it still comes down to practice, practice, practice!

Sunday, December 15, 2013

I've got a bunch of errands to run today and people to visit so I'm going to keep this post short and sweet.

This little digi is Elf Kaylee from Some Odd Girl and I paired her up with a bunch of different October Afternoon Christmas papers. I especially wanted to use that piece with the Santa on it cause I like how it worked out to look like he is introducing her as Elf of the Month or something. :)

Saturday, December 14, 2013

I've been feeling much better the past couple days and I'm even feeling more holiday spirit now that I've watched a couple Christmas classics as well. Next on the list will be our annual baking day to make all sorts of Christmas goodies to give away (and eat a few of too, LOL). Once I have done that I'll feel more than ready for the big day to arrive. :)

So my card today features an oldie but goodie stamp from CC Designs. I used Trim the Tree Sugarplum (who I can only find in digi now) to make a simple and sweet holiday card. I paired her up with some of this year's Jillibean Soup Christmas collection, the pretty pinks and aquas added to the traditional Christmas color mix just makes me happy. I've been so focused on using more of my newer stamps lately but it was nice to revisit an old friend.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Well, I'm feeling a bit better today though me and the Kleenex box are still best friends. I'm thinkin' it might be a perfect day to curl up on the couch with my two furry friends and watch some of my annual Christmas movie favorites. Top of the list today? Probably Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, and Elf. :)

I recently got the new Winter Wonderland digis from Sugar Nellie and couldn't wait to color them up. First one to get on a card was this sweet On the Wings of Love image. Isn't she just totes adorbs? Totes mcgoats, she's cray cray adorbs! LOL, if you haven't seen the Sprint commercials featuring James Earl Jones and Malcolm McDowell you might not get that last reference... I swear those commercials crack me up every time I see one. Anywho, back to the card... I was actually planning on checking out this week's Flutter By challenge to see if I could play along but Danni just posted the sad news about shutting down the challenge. And while I will miss the fantastic challenge that she has lead for all these years I know that Danni will still be a big presence in our crafty bloggin' circle. Thanks for all the fun Danni! :)

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Bet'cha thought I had frozen into an ice statue what with being MIA these past few days. While it is still feeling very sub-Arctic out there I've managed to stay fairly warm and cozy though I'm currently a bit under the weather... bleh. Luckily I've got a couple days off to try and kick this thing.

As for today's card, I have a cousin and he and his wife just had their first baby this year so I had to pull out this sweet Baby's First Christmas stamp from Lili of the Valley and make them something special. I paired him up with papers from the Simple Stories Handmade Holiday collection. Even though it was released a couple years ago it is still one of my all time favorite Christmas lines. The cut apart designs especially make for quick and easy cards that look like I put a lot more work into them than I actually did. ;)

Well, I'm going to go take some Dayquil and see how the day goes.TTYL!

Sunday, December 8, 2013

OMGosh it is so freakin' cold here! Last night we got down to 2 degrees, and my fingers are actually cold while I sit here and type... but, still no snow so I'm trying not to complain. :)

I got a card made for this week's Farm Fresh Friday challenge over at The Greeting Farm, which is All That Sparkles. I hadn't inked up this Anya Strolls stamp yet and there is a part of me that really enjoys altering them a bit to work with that bag stamp from the Dress Me Anya set. So I wiped away the leash and the pup then re-drew in the missing part of her leg. Her hand positions were perfect for a few festive shopping bags and I even added a bit of tissue paper to them for a fun finishing touch. I added sparkle to her bags and outfit with a Stardust glitter pen and topped the card off with a sprinkling of bling to really hit home with the challenge. All in all I really enjoyed putting this card together and it makes me want to see some new Big Time Anyas joining the TGF family sooner rather than later... fingers crossed!

Ok, I might have to go hop back under the covers for a bit to really warm up. Hope you all are managing to stay warm and toasty. Laters!

Friday, December 6, 2013

Well, I managed to make a card yesterday. This one is for the December challenge at Some Odd Girl which is to create your own background. Admittedly this is out of my comfort zone as I'm slightly addicted to my pattern papers. ;)But I've been wanting to get Angel Mae colored up and on a card so this seemed like a good opportunity to stretch a little. As I colored Mae I was inspired by a pin that I saw on Pinterest of feathers with their tips dipped in gold paint. Gold tipped wings seemed quite appropriate for this Christmas angel. Which then led me to the background I would create... I grabbed a bottle of gold Color Shine and spritzed the entire card base. Once that was dry I also laid down a star stencil and brushed Gold Smooch over it. It's a pretty simple background but hey, I created it myself! It's just too bad that I can't get a good pic of all that glitter and sparkle, trust me though... it's there. :)

Okey dokey, I'm off to get this day under way. Thanks for stopping by!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Yesterday was crazy so I didn't end up with any time to get crafty. So no knew Copic card was made but I had this non-coloring Christmas card already on my hard drive and it seemed like a good fit for today's post. Hopefully today will be a bit quieter so I'll have something to share tomorrow... I guess only time will tell. :)

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

December previews are wrapping up over atCC Designs today but we've saved a couple of adorable winter girlies to end with. :)Today my card features a new Swiss Pixie stamp from CC Designs called Pocket Birgitta.
This lovely little lady is dressed in her finest winter coat and is ready to spend the day enjoying the holiday atmosphere in all the stores around town. Everywhere she goes the signs of the season greet her and Birgitta lets that Christmas spirit fill her to the brim.

My fellow CCD teamies have gorgeous preview cards to share with you over on the CCD blog today. As always, there are chances to win the new stamps while you are there so don't miss that! Pocket Birgitta along with the other December stamps and dies will be available for purchase at the CC Designs storetomorrow, Thursday, December 5th at 9am EST.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

I don't have a card for the CC Designs preview today so instead I thought it would be a fun opportunity to revisit one of the newer Sweet November Christmas stamps... Gingy. I have a soft spot for these sweet little cookies... probably because I have a sweet tooth for the actual thing, LOL! Anywho, this is just a quickie post because I've got to get ready for a fun day on the town. I'm taking my mom to her check-up and then we will be going to see Frozen... squee! I'm more excited about that than I probably should be. ;)

Monday, December 2, 2013

Can you believe it is time for December previews over atCC Designs already? Because of the upcoming holidays it is going to be a small release, so small that Sweet November is taking a break this month. But that's ok, it's still jam packed with plenty of new winter stamp cuteness! :)Today my card features a new Twila stamp from Roberto's Rascals called Snow Fun. This little girlie is zipping and zooming down any snow covered hill she can find. Because I wanted to make her work for a Christmas card using this sentiment, I went ahead and drew a tiny envelope for her to hold. Now Twila looks like she is rushing her letter to Santa to the post office so it gets to the North Pole in time.

The rest of the CCD team have even more fantastic preview cards to share with you over on the CCD blog today. As always, there are chances to win the new stamps while you are there so don't miss that! Snow Fun Twila along with the other December stamps and dies will be available for purchase at the CC Designs storeThursday, December 5th at 9am EST.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Mine was really good, the food was delicious and the company was even better. I've been busy working since the big day and when you are in retail this time of year, it doesn't leave much time for getting crafty. But I finally found a few minutes last night and it was nice to get off my feet and relax for a bit. :)

The card I made is for this week's Farm Fresh Friday challenge at The Greeting Farm. It's a color challenge to use a baby blue, silver, and white combo. I wanted to try a new head swap so I pulled out my Miss Anya sets to see what I could come up with. Hats Off Anya with her stylin' fedora seemed like a good candidate and when I spotted a similarly cool coat on one of the gals from the Rain, Snow, Shine set it was a match made in snowy heaven. All I had to do was wipe away her umbrella before stamping and draw the line of her leg back in as well as add some striped leggings and a pair of mittens to keep her warm in that frosty winter wonderland. Though with an outfit like that I doubt she is out hiking through the forest, I see Miss Anya here strolling through Central Park instead. ;)

Anywho, I'm enjoying a day off today and tomorrow I'll be back with a CC Designs December preview... see ya then!